Overview
- Manoj Gaur, former chief of Jaypee Infratech and Jaiprakash Associates, was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a probe tied to alleged fraud against homebuyers.
- The ED says that of approximately ₹14,599 crore collected from homebuyers as admitted before the NCLT, substantial sums were diverted to related entities and trusts including Jaypee Sewa Sansthan, Jaypee Healthcare and Jaypee Sports International.
- A Delhi court remanded Gaur to five days of ED custody after the agency sought seven days and told the court he is named in all FIRs related to the case.
- In submissions to the court, the ED said the companies collected over ₹33,000 crore for housing projects and about ₹13,000 crore was not used for construction.
- Searches on May 23 at 15 locations in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai yielded ₹1.7 crore in cash and extensive financial and digital records, with investigators planning further forensic analysis and questioning.